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selections from the more than 90 entries received

Inspired by the 200th anniversary of the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the University of Baltimore, AIGA Baltimore and AIGA Blue Ridge put both professional designers and UB students to the test with a summertime poster competition judged by a panel of experts that included:

Domenica Genovese, partner at Greatest Creative Factor

Edwin Gold, professor in the University of Baltimore’s Klein Family School of Communications Design and director of its Ampersand Institute for Words & Images

Kit Hinrichs, founder of Studio Hinrichs

Bill Pencek, deputy assistant secretary of the Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts in the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

David Plunkert, co-founder of Spur Design.

Together, they identified the following winners from more than 90 submissions:

Those winning entries and roughly 24 additional posters made their public debut Sept. 15 at the opening reception for an exhibition in the UB Student Center Gallery. Competition judge Kit Hinrichs, a longtime collector of American flag iconography and memorabilia, served as the keynote speaker at the reception and shared with the audience a series of unusual case studies about his eclectic assortment of American flag pieces such as quilts, historic flags, folk art, jewelry, war posters and more. He also treated students in UB’s Klein Family School of Communications Design to a Q-and-A session the following day.

On Sept. 16, “O! Say, Can You Design a Poster?” competition judge and noted graphic designer Kit Hinrichs met with students from the Klein Family School of Communications Design for a Q-and-A session. all photography: JJ Chrystal

Hinrichs’ poster marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

Hinrichs brought a selection of posters he created, including this poster commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.